numb
έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά → Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless | Tell him yourself, poor brother, what it is you need! For abundance of words, bringing delight or being full of annoyance or pity, can sometimes lend a voice to those who are speechless.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύς; see also torpid.
be numb, v.:P. ναρκᾶν (Plato).
ah, me! I swoon and my limbs grow numb: V. οἲ 'γὼ προλείπω, λύεται δέ μοι μέλη (Euripides, Hecuba 438).
so that my hand grow numb upon thy robes: V. ὥστ' ἐνθανεῖνγε σοῖς πέπλοισι χεῖρ' ἐμήν (Euripides, Hecuba 246).
verb transitive
dull: P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλύνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν.
